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Live updates: Black Lives Matter UK protests

  • Black Lives Matter protesters blocked a motorway route into Heathrow
  • Demonstrations have also taken place in Birmingham and Nottingham
  • It comes after the campaign group called for a "nationwide shutdown"
  • Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with the nationwide protests
  • The action is also to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Mark Duggan
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Police move Heathrow protesters to side of road

Still from video footage Credit: Twitter/hannahnuura

Video footage posted on social media shows protesters lying on the ground at the side of the road as a group, suggesting police have moved them to prevent them from obstructing traffic.

Police can also be seen attempting to unlock activists from each other as they seem to be linked together.

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